That's not quite how trademarks work. If you don't enforce them, you establish a precedent, and before you know it everyone uses your stuff.

and thats the crux of the problem with copyright law. Creativity doesn't look towards the courts for inspiration, the best art is made by taking inspiration from what others have done before.

Anyhow, the author of the IGN piece is being a bit over-dramatic when he said it could put the future of the series in "jeopardy". Like someone said, they'll simply omit these mechs like they've done before.

I do agree though that using these mechs was a pretty idiotic move. Weisman, more than anyone, knows how Harmony Gold is. When I saw the Warhammer in the vid I was psyched because i assumed they had gotten permission. Evidently I give folks too much credit.

Just read the piece. He sounded like a helluva guy. He must've been a rare bird since he spoke to people directly and to the point. Something almost entirely lacking in 99% of the white collar managerial population.

Shotgun to the head.....that is hardcore balls. I'd be scared of lethal injection FFS, never mind something as spectacularly painful as Dick Egans way out.

It's a disgrace, it's degrading, it's humiliating to make the homeless the butt of derision. The image portrayed is exactly the one against which we've been trying to fight.

No, what homeless advocates do is try to MAKE stereotype of the homeless as somehow being victimized by the system. That applies to perhaps 1% of all cases. Having spent a few years on and off the street myself I got to see things from both sides. Advocates, while meaning well, can actually do more harm than good. Theres a 15% part of the homeless population that are mentally ill. They truly need help. Needed medications are often difficult to get on a monthly basis. The rest? They were like I was. Living on the fringe due to self-centered infantile behavior (mainly, drugs and drinking). There were no "families" who caught a bad break due to lay-offs etc. Never saw a single one. Advocates essentially "train" them to beleive that they aren't responsible for where they are, that they "fell through the cracks". They initiate them with standardized PC-speak etc. It's why when I read this kind of shit that's in the article I get annoyed as hell. Ironically the game actually shows what they need to do (in a sort of twisted way) which is to drop the drink/drugs, get off your ass and get a steady source of income.

Again, the stereotype of a bum isn't a stereotype, it's accurate. Its ultra liberal politicos (I'm a centrist/moderate in case anyone accuses me of being on the right), counselors agencies that paint a skewed picture of homelessness. "Respect" is earned and "dignity" is up to the person themselves by choosing how to behave. No one "owes" them anything.

Cuz sick fucks like me buy their games. How I love kicking a urine soaked head down the street. Can't wait.

we ALL like kicking "urine soaked heads" down the street. The problem is making it fun. Postal 2 was NOT fun for the majority of people. As someone mentioned they tried to be shocking but didn't have the talent to pull it off in a manner that was entertaining. I'd love a game where I could douse old lady's with gasoline and light them on fire but if all they do is scream once and dissolve into a few pixels then you lost me.

The original Halo on PC was very well done, especially after it was patched.

The original release of Halo is why Gearbox catches so much shit to this day. There was a bug that messed with the games framerate (I beleive it affected Ati users especially but I'm a bit foggy on the whole thing) and R. Pitchford insisted it wasn't the fault of the game. Unfortunately it WAS the game and once fixed the game ran like melted butter. He apologized but people never forgot.

Its unfortunate because Halo/Halo CE is far more fun on the PC than it ever was on the Xbox. Also, go play the PC port of Halo 2 which was done by Bungie/MS and you'll find one of the absolute WORST console-to-PC ports in existence. I'm not exaggerating.

Opposing Force was bad? Bros. In Arms was bad? Once patched the Halo port was excellent, not to mention Halo CE which flew under most peoples radar. The only game that wasn't up to snuff IMO was Hells Highway.

Its not like the guy was an old man and completely PC illiterate. I'm 47 and never played MI but I sure as hell know what the fucking smiley looks like and ...well...and maybe I'm being too careful here.... but I would have stopped at the "SULFURIC ACID" for chirssakes and thought twice.

Installed it, "played" it for about 2 hours. Forget participating unless you cough up some cash. When it was first announced they claimed that one could play for free with lower end weapons etc. They've dropped that pretense. Looks like it could get expensive pretty quickly.

The art direction is really bad. Many features are still offline from what I'm told. Not all that impressed.